2014 Wenatchee AppleSox GAME NOTES San Francisco at Wenatchee Wednesday­Thursday (June 4­5) Game Times: 7:05 p.m. Paul Thomas Sr. Field (Wenatchee, Wash.) Wenatchee AppleSox Baseball Club, 610 N. Mission St. #204, Wenatchee, WA 98801 [email protected] June APPLESOX OPEN WITH SEALS 4 SAN FRANCISCO SEALS The Wenatchee AppleSox (0­0, 0­0 WCL East) host San Francisco in a two­game non­ 5 SAN FRANCISCO SEALS league series, June 4th and 5th at Paul Thomas Sr. Field...game times are 7:05 p.m. 6 at Yakima 7 at Yakima Thursday and Friday...The AppleSox are entering their 15th season (10th in the WCL) and 8 at Yakima are 463­249 (.650) under skipper Ed Knaggs, who is in his 14th season as head coach of 9 KITSAP the AppleSox club...The AppleSox have achieved a winning record in all 14 seasons dur­ 10 KITSAP 11 KITSAP ing Knaggs’ tenure...Knaggs is assisted by AJ Proszek and Jason Krohn. 12 NORTHWEST HONKERS 14 at Medford COVERAGE OF THE APPLESOX 15 at Medford 16 at Medford The two­game series with San Francisco will have live stats for both games provided 17 at Klamath Falls by pointstreak.com...all games will have live radio coverage on KCSY Sunny 93.9 FM 18 at Klamath Falls in Wenatchee and on various translators throughout North Central Washington (Lake 19 at Klamath Falls 20 WALLA WALLA Chelan Valley 95.3 FM, Okanogan Valley 101.9 FM, Methow Valley [Twisp­Winthrop] 21 WALLA WALLA 106.3 FM)...audio is also available at kcsyfm.com...AppleSox play by play broadcaster 22 WALLA WALLA Trevor Williams will call the action...pregame shows for both games will start at 6:45 23 CORVALLIS 24 CORVALLIS p.m...KWCC­TV (LocalTel cable channel 12 or Charter cable channel 19) will televise 25 CORVALLIS games, allowing fans to hear the Sunny FM radio broadcast and simultaneously watch 27 at Corvallis the animated playbook provided by pointstreak...AppleSox Baseball provides updates 28 at Corvallis 29 at Corvallis on Twitter on @AppleSox. 30 BELLINGHAM JULY PAUL THOMAS SR. FIELD EVENTS 1 BELLINGHAM 2 BELLINGHAM* (Fireworks Night) Wednesday 4 at Kelowna *Farmers Presents Opening Night 5 at Kelowna *Gates open at 6 p.m. 6 at Kelowna 8 EVERETT MERCHANTS *Chances for fans to win great prizes from AppleSox Opening Night Sponsor, Farmers 9 NORTHWEST STAR ACADEMY Insurance 10 WALLA WALLA 11 WALLA WALLA 12 WALLA WALLA Thursday 14 at Walla Walla *Wenatchee Valley College Night 15 at Walla Walla *Gates open at 6 p.m. 16 at Walla Walla 17 at Yakima 18 at Yakima 19 at Yakima PITCHING PROBABLES 21 ALL STAR GAME (Klamath Falls) 22 KELOWNA Wednesday 23 KELOWNA San Francisco ­ RH TBA (0 G, 0 GS, 0­0, 0.00 ERA, 0 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 0 K) 24 KELOWNA Wenatchee ­ RH TBA (0 G, 0 GS, 0­0, 0.00 ERA, 0 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 0 K) 25 at Bend 26 at Bend 27 at Bend Thursday 29 VICTORIA San Francisco ­ RH TBA (0 G, 0 GS, 0­0, 0.00 ERA, 0 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 0 K) 30 VICTORIA 31 VICTORIA Wenatchee ­ RH TBA (0 G, 0 GS, 0­0, 0.00 ERA, 0 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 0 K) AUGUST 1 COWLITZ 2 COWLITZ 3 COWLITZ YOUNG BUCKS 5 at Kelowna Nine of the AppleSox 40 listed preseason players are entering the WCL straight out of 6 at Kelowna high school. Following the season, they will go on to make their collegiate debuts at 7 at Kelowna 8 YAKIMA Oregon State, UCLA, Gonzaga, the University of San Diego, Nevada and UC Irvine. 9 YAKIMA 10 YAKIMA DIVISIONAL 12­14 ­­ CHAMP. 16,18­19 2014 APPLESOX BASEBALL GAME NOTES San Francisco at Wenatchee Paul Thomas Sr. Field Page 2 ABOUT THE SEALS WENATCHEE’S RECORD... The San Francisco Seals are an 18+ summer league baseball team from the Bay Area. 2014 They were founded in 1987 (included an 18U and 16U team ­­ both were dropped in Overall 0­0 1990). In 1997, after winning the San Diego tournament, the Seals participated in the League 0­0 Non­league 0­0 prestigious National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kansas, the largest ama­ Division 0­0 teur sporting event in the country. Home games 0­0 Away games 0­0 Day games 0­0 SAN FRANCISCO SERIES NOTES Night games 0­0 The AppleSox lead 7­0...series dates back to June 13, 2000 when the AppleSox swept the seals 6­4 and 9­5 in a two game series...since the start of the modern WCL, the AppleSox Series 0­0 and Seals have met once (2013)...In the last meeting on August 3, 2013, the AppleSox Home Series 0­0 Away Series 0­0 defeated the Seals 5­3 at Paul Thomas Sr. Field. First game of series 0­0 Rubber game of series 0­0 Last game of series 0­0 NON­LEAGUE, NO PROBLEM Series sweeps 0­0 Under Head Coach Ed Knaggs, the AppleSox are 92­37 (.713) in non­league matchups. They have posted a below .500 non­league record only once in the franchise’s lifetime Doubleheader 0­0 Extra innings 0­0 (the Sox compiled an 11­12 record in 2003). They have been undefeated in non­league Shutouts 0­0 play during Knaggs career twice. Once in 2011 and again in 2012. Overall, the Sox are June games 0­0 100­38 in non­league matchups (.725). July games 0­0 August games 0­0 WHERE IT ALL STARTS Sunday games 0­0 The AppleSox have played their season­opener at home 10 times since beginning play in Monday games 0­0 2000. The Sox are 6­4 in those contests (most recent: W vs. Corvallis in 2013). The Sox are Tuesday games 0­0 Wednesday games 0­0 a perfect 4­0 when beginning the season on the road. All of those games came against Thursday games 0­0 league opponents. The AppleSox are 4­2 when opening the season against a non­league Friday games 0­0 Saturday games 0­0 opponent. (6­2 vs. league opponents). The Seals and AppleSox have never met in a season­opener. OPENING NIGHT ROSTER 1­run games 0­0 Coach Knaggs has 6 temporary players who are expected to be available to start the 2­run games 0­0 Sox scored 3 runs or less 0­0 Sox scored 4 runs or more 0­0 weeks of the season as players conclude high school/summer classes and their collegiate baseball seasons. Leading after 6 innings 0­0 Tied after 6 innings 0­0 Trailing after 6 innings 0­0 THE ROAD TO OMAHA Leading after 7 innings 0­0 Tied after 7 innings 0­0 Out of the 40 players on Wenatchee’s preseason roster, 5 entered the NCAA Division Trailing after 7 innings 0­0 I Baseball Tournament with dreams of claiming a National Championship Trophy in Leading after 8 innings 0­0 Omaha, Neb. Drew Rasmussen and Nate Esposito of Oregon State, along with Shaun Tied after 8 innings 0­0 Trailing after 8 innings 0­0 ­ Sox outhit opponent 0­0 They move on to face Oklahoma State in Super Regional play (best of three series). OSU Opponent outhits Sox 0­0 Hits are equal 0­0 Sox hit a HR 0­0 Sox hit 2 or more HRs 0­0 “SENIOR” CITIZENS Sox have a SB 0­0 Ian Buckles, Clark McKitrick, Tom Zarosinski, Nate Esposito, and Mike Livingston are Sox have 2 or more SBs 0­0 amongst the oldest on the AppleSox roster. These 5 players will be entering their senior Sox starter with 6+ IP 0­0 seasons of college baseball in 2015. Half of the AppleSox preseason listed players (20) Sox starter with 7+ IP 0­0 Sox starter with 8+ IP 0­0 just completed their freshman year of classes. Sox are errorless 0­0 ATTACK OF THE Mc’S Come­from­behind Wins 0 Last At Bats Wins 0 Four of the AppleSox announced preseason players have names beginning with “Mc.” Those atheltes are Chris McDowell, Clark McKitrick, Evan McMahan and Michael Mc­ Cann 2014 APPLESOX BASEBALL GAME NOTES San Francisco at Wenatchee Paul Thomas Sr. Field Page 3 Wenatchee vs... MEET THE SOX 2014 All­time* #2 Tanner Nishioka ­ 2014 Third Team All­West region from Pomona Pitzer...turned Bellingham Bells 0­0 35­20 Bend Elks 0­0 24­25 Corvallis Knights 0­0 30­30 Football team, where he is a punter, while sometimes seeing spot duty at wide receiver. Cowlitz Black Bears 0­0 15­3 Kelowna Falcons 0­0 52­19 Kitsap BlueJackets 0­0 35­16 #3 Adam Grubb ­ Signed to a temporary contract...played in 6 games and started one Klamath Falls Gems 0­0 15­3 Medford Rogues 0­0 3­3 for Wenatchee Valley College...is from Wenatchee and was a 2013 Wenatchee High Victoria HarbourCats 0­0 7­2 School graduate...threw 19.1 Innings, compiled a 1­0 record, struck out 13 batters and Walla Walla Sweets 0­0 18­13 Yakima Valley Pippins 0­0 0­0 *All­Time denotes WCL games since 2005 #4 Caleb Wood DIVISION STANDINGS W­L GB batting .300...was a perfect 11 for 11 in steal attempts as a freshman in 2013...was named EAST to the All­WCC Freshman team in 2013 and played in 46 games for the Zags that year..